Untitled

Untitled

John Paul Jones

1962

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This sketch shows a face half-lit, half-shadowed. The lines are rough and scratchy, like quick strokes with a pencil. The light side looks fuzzy, while the dark side is packed with tight marks. The artist used a printing method called lithography. That’s why it looks like a drawing but also feels smooth, like it was pressed onto the page. Look up lithography next to see how it works.

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